Vapor-lamp igniter.



No. 632,496. Patented Sept. 5, I899. A. KITSON.

VAPOR LAMP IGNITER.

(Application ,filed Mar. 6, 1899.;

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Patented Sept. 5,, I899.

A. KITSUN.

VAPOR LAMP IGNITER.

(Application filed Mar. 6, 1899.":

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rrn STATES ATENT pFlCEe ARTHUR KITSON, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR TO THE KITSON HYDROOARBON HEATING AND INGANDESOENT LIGHTING COM- PANY, OF SAME PLACE AND CHARLESTON, VEST VIRGINIA.

VAPOR-LAMP IGNITER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 632,496, dated September 5, 1899.

Application filed March 6,1899. Serial No. 708,021. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, ARTHUR KITSON, a subject of the Queen of Great Britain, and a resident of Philadelphia, county of Philadelphia, State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Vapor-Lamp Igniters,of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to vaporburning lamps; and it consists of an improved means for igniting said lamp when no gas or electricity is used and the lamp is supported at an. elevation beyond the convenient reach of the operator. As now generally constructed it is necessary for the lamplighter to climb up the lamp-post or get on a step-ladder to put the alcohol in the cup for starting the lamp. My invention is designed to avoid this difficulty.

The preferred form of apparatus is disclosed in the accompanying two sheets of drawings, in which' Figure 1 is a side elevation of a vapor-burning street -lamp with parts broken away. Figs. 2 and 3 show a plan view and elevation, respectively, of the lower alcohol-chamber. Figs. 4 and 5 show two elevations of the upper alcohol-chamber in planes at right angles to each other. Fig. 6 shows a syringe for forcing up the alcohol.

Throughout the drawings like reference figures refer to like parts.

The lamp-post 1 has the enlarged base 2, with door 3, for containing the oil-tank 4. In the lantern 5 is the vapor-burning lamp 6, having the alcohol-cup 7. A tube 8 carries oil from the oil-tank to the lamp.

At any convenient point, as on top of the oil-tank, I mount a small alcohol-chamber 9.

It may be fastened to the neck of the oil-tank by a clip 10. This chamber holds a little more alcohol than is necessary to fill the cup 7 and the tubing 11, which leads from the bottom of chamber 9 to the top of the second alcohol-chamber 12. The chamber 9 has a screw-capped opening 13 and a threaded tubular connection 14, to which the hose of a common bicycle-pump may be attached. A trough or tube 15 extends from the upper chamber 12 to the alcohol-cup 7, and along there it runs down the trough 15 to the cup 7, saturating the wick 16. The lamplighter applies his torch to the free end of the wick, the flame runs down to the alcohol in the cup 7, and the lamp is started into operation without opening the globe or compelling the operator to climb up to the latter.

It is evident that the second alcohol-chamber might sometimes be dispensed with and the alcohol delivered directly from the tubing 11 into the cup 7; but it is preferable to employ the second closed chamber to prevent the alcohol from spraying or splashing out of the cup, as it would tend to do it forced into it directly. For the same reason it is preferable to bend the discharge end 17 of the tube 11 to one side, as shown in Fig.' 4, so that the alcohol will run down the trough 15 only with the force which gravity gives to it.

Itis evident, of course, that various changes could be made in the details of construction of the above apparatus without departing from the spirit and scope of my invention so long as the general relative arrangements of parts illustrated or the principle of operation described is preserved. A plunger-pump or bulb-syringe 18 might be substituted for the air-pump, as indicated in Fig. 6. The nozzle of the syringe would be inserted in the alcohol-bottle and the syringe charged. It would then be coupled to the tube 11 direct and discharged by pressure of the hand. In such case the bulb of the syringe would be the equivalent of the alcohol-chamber 9.

Having therefore described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to protect by Letters Patent, is-

1. The combination of a vapor burning lamp, an alcohol-cup therefor, an alcoholchamber below the level of the cup,a tube leading from the chamber to the cup,and means for subjecting the alcohol in the chamber to pressure, together with the asbestos wick extending from the alcohol-cup to the exterior of the lamp.

2. The combination of a vaporburning lamp, an alcohol-cup therefor, a reservoir for burning fluid, a separate chamber for alcohol below the level of the cup approximately of the same capacity as the cup, anda tube leading from said separate chamber to the cup and means for subjecting the alcohol in the chamber to pressure.

3. The combination of a vapor-burning lamp, an alcohol-cup therefor, a reservoir for burning fluid, a separate chamber for alcohol below the level of the cup, and a tube leading from said separate chamber to the cup together with a tubular coupling in the outer wall of the alcoh ol-chamber for connection to a source of air-pressure.

4:. The combination of a vapor-burning lamp, an alcohol-cup therefor, an alcoholchamber below the level of the cup, a tube leading from the chamber to the cup, and means for subjecting the alcohol in the cham her to pressure, together with a second alcohol-chamber included in the line of tubing and located above the level of the cup.

5. The combination of a vapor-burning lamp, an alcohol-cup therefor, an alcoholchamber below the level of the cup, a tube leading from the chamber to the cup, and means for subjecting the alcohol in the chamber to pressure, together with a second alcohol-chamber includedin the line of tubing and located above the level of the cup, the nozzle of the tube delivering into the second chamber discharging to one side of the outlet-orifice thereof.

Signed by me at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, this 24th day of February, 1899.

ARTHUR KITSON. lVitnesses:

J. W. RICH, LOUIS R. BAKER. 

